Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Overpopulation due to mismanagement during the past twenty
years, potentially millions of dollars of agricultural interests damaged by the
non-native feral animals, and the threat of potential disease transmission from
the feral species to domestic animals. If a Nevada resident were to hear the
previous statement, the feral wild horses would come to mind. If a Texan were
to hear the precious statement the feral pigs would come to mind. Both of the
feral animals represent a hazard to the land, agriculture, and domestic animal
health. Though very similar when given the characteristics, two very different
styles of management deal with the problem of feral pigs and the wild horses.

When it
comes to disease, the feral pigs pose much more of a threat to the agricultural
industry than the wild horses. According to studies from Texas A&M University,
almost 30% of feral pigs in a study incorporating 350 pigs in South and East
Texas tested positive for pseudorabies, which can be transmitted to
domesticated livestock. Through the same study they also found that 18% of the
feral pigs carried brucellosis! Brucellosis as we know causes abortions in
cattle and domesticated animals and efforts to eradicate the disease have been
nationwide. In order to defend livestock
and keep populations under control, trapping and killing of the feral pigs is
popular and somewhat effective as a management solution to the feral pigs.

When it
comes to press attention, the wild horses reign supreme over the pigs. Even
though many wild horses carry bastard strangles, which is very transmissible
and contagious to domesticated horses, there is a huge public cry not to do
anything to prevent the overpopulation of wild horses. Wild horse activists say
that the horses are just wonderful, and that gathering or interacting with them
is terrible. Don’t even mention the word herd reduction! That is out of the
question.

So we
know there is a problem with feral pigs, and we know there is a problem with
wild horses. But due to uneducated, liberal, ignorant activists, nothing can be
done to keep disease and overpopulated wild horse herds from transmitting
disease. Not much can even be done to help out the wild horses. There is a
management solution to both, but ignorance will block any intervention needed
to help keep wild horse populations down and healthy. The feral pigs however,
will be reduced and managed, and probably have healthier populations than the
wild horses.

89 comments:

A CODY MORGAN POSTED THIS PICTURE OF A DEAD HORSE AND AN ASSHOLE!!! HE APPARENTLY WANTS ALLOT OF ATTENTION!!! CODY MORGAN IS JUST AS GUILY AS THE ASSHOLE IN PICTURE!!! HIS VIEWS ON ANIMALS ARE WARPED!!! NO ONE LIKES YOU CODY MORGAN!!! ONLY THE RODEO IDIOT, ITS PROBABLY YOU!!!

You know it's illegal to shoot publicly owned wild horses right? They are federally protected by the law. Not every wild horse has strangles for if they did BLM would not be holding them in adoptable pens after they are gathered.

Also wild horses are given vaccines and there is a vaccine to help prevent this disease. I do not know if BLM administers this vaccine to the wild horses, but if this was a huge issue I am sure they would.

Some info on Bastard Strangles. In very rare cases the infection may spread to involve lymph nodes and organs in other parts of the body causing abscesses to form internally. This condition is invariably fatal.--strangles like this form kills so, if this were the case there wouldn't be an overpopulation of wild horses...your claiming wild horses carry this, so why is the BLM not addressing the many deaths from this disease....oh wait cause they're not dying in numbers from this disease.

Maybe you saw the story about Utah's BLM holding Facility in Salt Lake. Conditions were poor and horses after being at the facility started to get strangles ( cause if you know anything about strangles it is caused by bacteria). Over 11 horses died in that facility. BLM officials claimed that every year at the facility strangled would happen. quote from a article: "A strangles outbreak is underway at the Salt Lake Regional Wild Horse and Burro Facility in Utah. Eleven wild horses have died in the past two weeks. The facility is under quarantine as they try to control the outbreak.Eleven deaths is a pretty impressive number for a disease that tends not to have a high mortality rate. There are 24-36 other infected horses, and it’s probably safe to assume that a large number (if not the majority) of other horses at the facility are on their way to becoming infected or are carriers.One official stated that an outbreak occurs just about every year, but that the scope of this one is unusual. (Why an outbreak happens almost every year should be a question officials ask. Just because something happens almost every year, doesn’t mean it has to happen every year.)"

If you know anything about that facility it has be quarantined and many horses who were treated had to be relocated.Also conditions were extremely poor at that facility before the outbreak happened.

Your claim "Even though many wild horses carry bastard strangles, which is very transmissible and contagious to domesticated horses, there is a huge public cry not to do anything to prevent the overpopulation of wild horses." Is incorrect and I would like some information from you posted below to prove your facts.

I also want to add if the public didn't want wild horses treated correctly why would they post about it? Why would they support Madeline Pickens Sanctuary. The American public wants our wild equines to be treated humanely and fairly. There is not a overpopulation of wild horses, look at the numbers vs the land.Also look at the numbers in holding facilities? BLM has over 40thousaand plus horses costing the tax payers roughly 70plus mill a year.BLM and contractors should be held accountable for their miss management of wild horses.You sir should be charged with animal cruelty and arrested/fined if that is you in the photo who shot that horse.

First off the BLM is NOT support Madeline pickens they are doing a study on her sancturay, they have NOT went along with it yet. and secondly If this horse is NOT a branded blm mustang and it was on his land, he has every right to shoot it. BUT READ what i wrote because i know you all will miss it, IF THIS HORSE IS NOT BRANDED BLM mustang

"I also want to add if the public didn't want wild horses treated correctly why would they post about it? Why would they support Madeline Pickens Sanctuary." Where did I mention BLM support Madeline? I mentioned the PUBLIC!

Correct if the horse is not branded a mustang then it is not a mustang or a federally protected horse. Regardless if the owner finds out his horse was shot this guy can be legally prosecuted for such crimes ( we have seen this in the past with dogs.) Horse's can be easily removed from your property and are not a threat like a cougar. So no reason anyone can give me will make shooting this horse ok...

There has been a lot of wild and domestic equine shootings. Those who get caught will be prosecuted; I feel bad for the owner of this horse.

Your opinions remind me of George Bush. Ignorant and disturbing. Those are animals full or life. Should we go after humans with colds or aids and kill them too? we all have feelings. Except your lacking compassion. Filthy.

Dont bring George Bush into this sick shitheads mentality. No real hunter, hunts horses. This Cody poser is out for his 10 minutes of fame. Wild horses do not carry strangles you are a liar for your own sick purpose.

Please provide documentation that the wild horses carry bastard strangles, just because you say it is, doesn't make it true. it's not. You have committed a federal crime and I hope will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Fossil & DNA evidence prove wild horses are native species. These are cold hard scientific facts. Furthermore, they are not overpopulated in the wild. It seems you are the ignorant one. Before you go spitting rumors and propaganda you should do some fact checking. Here's a start for you and then you can go on to GAO reports: http://www.adventure-journal.com/2009/05/grazing-is-razing-the-big-bad-impact-of-livestock-on-public-lands/

Jedi44, you posted: "Also wild horses are given vaccines and there is a vaccine to help prevent this disease. I do not know if BLM administers this vaccine to the wild horses, but if this was a huge issue I am sure they would"

That rather 'convoluted' statement right there PROVES that you are not 'actively involved' in the subject currenly being discussed. Get your facts straight BEFORE you let your 'emotions' get the better of you.

http://www.aaep.org/strangles.htm <-- proof of vaccines for strangles ( the UK also has an article about the vaccines). I personally have not contacted the BLM board, but I can and ask them if the administer a vaccine to their wild horses which involves the Strangles vaccine.

I am stating facts, for example "Also wild horses are given vaccines and there is a vaccine to help prevent this disease." - this statement is true.

"I do not know if BLM administers this vaccine to the wild horses, but if this was a huge issue I am sure they would"- this statement is also true I do not know, because I have not asked if BLM administers the Vaccine for strangles to the mustangs.

Cody, you are absolutely the worst representation of the true American hunter. We are to be GOOD stewards of the American land. Wow, what a challenge to bait and shoot a horse. Then you compound your duplicity, by dredging up lies about the wild horse population? I am a staunch conservative,card carrying, NRA member, and you embarrass me. I will consider it my lifes mission to see you arrested for these crimes, and all gun owner rights revoked. You are not fit to own a gun, let alone use one. DO NOT EVER SPEAK FOR ME AS A CONSERVATIVE, for you are not worthy of the title, CONSERVATIVE.

Oh my goodness. This man isn't the only one in this situation. Why is he getting all the heat for it? I mean. Someone had to take his picture, someone had to put the idea in his head. I'm not saying this is right, but people deer hunt, along with turkey and bear and countless other animals for herd control. And hell.. A lot more people hunt those animals for fun, to get the big trophy to mount for their wall.. Rather than for herd or disease control. But just because we can't lock those animals up in a barn, give them a name and call them a pet,its terribly wrong? See, if this man went around bragging and boasting about his horse kill, then chastise him. But if he felt like he was doing something right to better the wild horse population, wrong to other people or not, more power to him. No ones opinions or beliefs are right, nor wrong. And this poor man is being criticized and dramatically looked down upon for his opinions/beliefs. I think if anyone is in the wrong, its every single person judging him.

gone are the days when stealing a horse got you hanged. even mistreating them was not held in high regard. even though we don't depend on them for our very life the way our great grandparents did, horses still deserve a special place. treating our wild horses like vermin is not it. they once roamed in healthy herds by the millions! now there are under 30,000 in several states. that's about 1 horse per thousand acres. and one horse per 80 head of private cattle on public lands. call me old fashioned, but it's a coward that kills a horse. that same animal saved our anscestors miserable lives .

you might want to make sure that the horse is NOT A BRANDED BLM mustang first, cause if its NOT then he had every right to shoot said horse if its on his land. Nothing illegal about that. Because he said feral or wild you all jump to conclusions about what this horse was.

Actually, you do not have the right to shoot a horse because its on your land. It depends on each State law.You do have the right to have it removed by the authorities in every state. A 75 yr old man was arrested in Florida this past week, for shooting and killing all 10 of his neighbors horses, because they were out and on his land.Yep.. Shot all ten with a shotgun...UGH...Such mean ass people in the world...

Bastard Strangles is a complication of Strangles and doesn't happen that often when a horse contracts strangles. But amazingly enough, this guy claims that Feral horses all run around with Bastard Strangles.

Oh, by the way, I'm on board with the others in getting you arrested. You WILL be arrested. How bout you go get yourself another horse...with OUT a gun this time. Lets see who wins? You miserable F**ck hole!!!!!!!!

Rodeo get your facts straight. The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, defines a wild horse as "all unbranded and unclaimed horses and burros on public lands of the United States" so this horse qualifies and is protected. If the horse wandered off public land and was on private property it is still protected, because the law states "If wild free-roaming horses or burros stray from public lands onto privately owned land, the owners of such land may inform the nearest Federal marshal or agent of the Secretary, who shall arrange to have the animals removed. In no event shall such wild free-roaming horses and burros be destroyed except by the agents of the Secretary."

hey diana GET YOUR FACTS straight this is not even a us horse, this is a BRUMBIE from austriala, just a little research found the REAL website of where the pic came from. ITS A BRUMBIE not a protected mustang.

Law or no law,you took the life of an intelligent animal. You posed with its carcass. If you weren't proud of your actions you would have just buried it and be done with it, but no, you had to go brag about it.

I hope somebody shoots you for just for the sport of it. I hope I never meet you, you sad excuse for a piece of shit.

I agree!!! hang him high!!! you really screwed up cody morgan!! always look behind you back if you have one, we can see you dont have a spine!!! you definately look like a huge prick!!! YOU ARE A PIECE OF SHIT!!!

I agree!!! hang him high!!! you really screwed up cody morgan!! always look behind you back if you have one, we can see you dont have a spine!!! you definately look like a huge prick!!! YOU ARE A PIECE OF SHIT!!! APPARENTLY A CODY MORGAN WHO WROTE THIS ARTICLE WANTS TO GET ALLOT OF ATTENTION. AND HE SUCCEEDED!!! HE POSTED THIS PICTURE OF AN ASSHOLE AND A DEAD HORSE!!! HE IS JUST AS GUILTY OF DOING IT HIMSELF!!!

There seems to be a lot of bloody ignorance going on here. First of all - the horse does not have to be a BLM branded horse to hold protection under the The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burro Act of 1971. The BLM brand is not put on until after the horses are captured for holding/adopting. The act protects ALL Wild Free-Roaming horses. According to section 1334 - if the horses do go onto private land the owner of that land still can not kill it. They are to contact a Federal Marshal to have it removed for them. If a horse is harassed or killed the person doing it can be fined and/or imprisoned. I really hope this A-hole gets both.

As far as "bastard" strangles - read up on it a bit before spewing your ignorance. As others have pointed out, a horse can't carry for "bastard" strangles. That is a complication of regular strangles which is by no means just an issue with the wild horses. Domestics get it all the time and is not a disease that will ever be eradicated.

rodeo is NOT a man IM A WOMEN... and mary i know who you are. and what you stand for. HELL you don't even now the difference between a rodeo bronc and a ranch bronc, or a STEER wrestling event and a something else.

Sadly, Mr. you have no way to retract what you have done. If you were an animal behavior biologist; a person with education, or any manner of authority, you would not have done this. You have your 15 minutes of fame, unfortunately, you will be remembered as a dangerous and severely mentally disturbed person. There is nothing that is worse than an uneducated (even if he is self taught, it is better than holding on to ignorance) person making horrid decisions that bring attention to themselves at the cost of the persons or creatures that they torment, abuse and kill. We do not condone what you have done, and somewhere someone will stop your behavior; because this kind of behavior escalates. You are a danger to society and to people around you. I will not do anything but say that you need psychological and psychiatric counseling; and, in a court of law, the judgment handed down by a jury for your behavior. You have not given anyone any reason to listen to your rantings, nor have you given anyone a reason to believe what you say except that you are an animal abuser, a killer of creatures that are protected under the laws of this land by prosecution of the violations of the laws you have broken. And, by posting this, sadly, you have given more people alarm - but duly notified - that people like you do these things for attention. I hope you are charged with breaking the laws that you have broken and you have a court date thereby charging you with these crimes. Anyone who gives you one second of fame has certainly made themselves a target for people like you. It is not liberals that you blame, it is your own mental health that has caused this to happen. Severe cruelty like this is a pattern. I refuse to join in this game that you are playing with the public. However, I will support anyone by voice, who will prosecute you. When that day comes, I will post your picture if it is given, to allow people to understand what happens to people who do things like this.

I just read that this photo was taken in Australia at this website and warning photos graphic. I can't find the picture in this website, but was told it came from here: http://www.marrakai-adventure.com.au/Hunting.html

http://www.wildhorseandburro.blm.gov/92-195.htm Sec. 4. If wild free-roaming horses or burros stray from public lands onto privately owned land, the owners of such land may inform the nearest Federal marshall or agent of the Secretary, who shall arrange to have the animals removed. In no event shall such wild free-roaming horses and burros be destroyed except by the agents of the Secretary. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a private landowner from maintaining wild free-roaming horses or burros on his private lands, or lands leased from the Government, if he does so in a manner that protects them from harassment, and if the animals were not willfully removed or enticed from the public lands. Any individuals who maintain such wild free-roaming horses and burros on their private lands or lands leased from the Government shall notify the appropriate agent of the Secretary and supply him with a reasonable approximation of the number of animals so maintained.

Sec. 8.

Any person who-

willfully removes or attempts to remove a wild free- roaming horse or burro from the public lands, without authority from the Secretary, or

converts a wild free-roaming horse or burro to private use, without authority from the Secretary, or

maliciously causes the death or harassment of any wild free-roaming horse or burro, or

processes or permits to be processed into commercial products the remains of a wild free-roaming horse or burro, or

sells, directly or indirectly, a wild free-roaming horse or burro maintained on private or leased land pursuant to section 4 of this Act, or the remains thereof, or

willfully violates a regulation issued pursuant to this Act, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $2,000, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. Any person so charged with such violation by the Secretary may be tried and sentenced by any United States commissioner or magistrate designated for that purpose by the court by which he was appointed, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as provided for in section 3401, title 18, United States Code.

Actually - read what Rodeo wrote earlier. They had no idea this was not a horse here in America and was saying it was fine as long as it did not have a BLM brand. Which if this horse had actually been shot in the US - that is totally incorrect. It wasn't until after someone else pointed out that it was an Australian horse that Rodeo then started posting everywhere that it wasn't a mustang. Look at time stamps and you will have a better picture of what went on earlier.

It is easy to jump to that conclusion if the blogger posts a photo and doesn't indicate that they grabbed it from another site or give photo credits. Almost seems intentional to me.

so who cares... i was right every where I posted. If this horse was in the us, no one knew if it was a mustang, feral , turned loose, horse. I NEVER JUMPED to any conclusions that what he did was wrong or right. If you hav e horse on your place that is NOT YOURS and you have contacted the proper ppl and within a certain amount of days you are the owner of said horse and can do with whatever you want.

RODEO. I think you are running scared now because of the dumbass thing you did. It seems very likely that you are the owner of the blog. I fail to understand why anyone would do such a thing. Someone seriously needs to get a life. Oh wait , no that couldn't happen because who in the world would want to hangout with someone with such a degenerate mind???

It's still a dumb ass picture! ANYONE WHO POSTED AS A JOKE OR ACTUALLY DID THOSE ACTION IS STILL AN IDIOT. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE OR WHAT COUNTRY, if this was a staged picture just to yank chains then u need a gun stuck up your hiney hole.

I feel like your actions will do nothing more than to coalesce animal lovers, horse lovers and liberals, who are not idiotic enough to enrage their opposition by such horrific statements and pictures.Stupid, Stupid and Stupid.

Rodeo, it's obvious to me that you must be the author of this ridiculous blog. You're just trolling and defending this blog a little too much to be a casual reader.

That being said, the fact that the photo above may not be of you and you are telling everyone it's really a horse and hunter in Australia doesn't discount the fact that you posted it in your blog - which is advocating the very behavior depicted in the photo - and then lead everyone to believe that this is you. You don't note anywhere on the picture that it isn't. In fact, this makes you an even bigger chicken-shit asshole than the asshole in the picture!

ummm no im not the author of this blog, hell just heard of it today while on a FB page. umm arwenmyst i have never laughed so dam hard before in my life. lets see i have been called sue wallis, among others things, NOW you are saying im the blogger. OH MY GOD , let me pick myself up off the floor. TO DAM FUNNY.

If this is fake there can be some serious repercussions as the authorities are being called.So whoever is the real owner of the blog and I suspect it is RODEO oh boy did you start something foolish!!! You absolutely don't yell fire in a cinema.

Hey sorry about all the heat you got on this wild horse deal. I probably shouldn't have put that picture on, but thanks for backing me up saying that it wasn't me that shot the horse. I'm really not a blogger. I don't give a shit. But I do say horse slaughter is needed to help out overall horse welfare whether the horse be domestic or wild. I guess animal rights activists just jumped me because they believe slaughter of an animal is just bad. I love animals too. Thats why I believe wild horse management is needed to keep them from starving to death out on the desert.

The original blog is Australian but the blog everyone is screaming about is about here in the U.S. Who knows where the photo really belongs , I'm sure the mental case who shot the horse would not want to come forward to own the pic as he is one sick bastard, but the fact of the matter is the blog we are seeing today is totally out of order and full of mistruths. So any of you pro slaughter people on here who seem to think this guy was well within his rights to shoot a horse ,then think again. I am dumbfounded that you tried to make his actions o.k. It's an offense. Plain and simple whether the horse be feral or not.It is cowardly an absolutely NOT fair game. Hell, I could shoot a horse and I have horrible vision. Just be aware that this blog is pro slaughter and once again they spew their venom with such uneducated propaganda it is hideous and demented.Way to go pro slaughter fools you are sure showing your true colors. Don't go petting the ponies in the wild without washing your hands. LMAO !!!!!!!

Oh goodness ms rodeo is Daffy Watson. She thinks to save the "unwanted" and starved and sick horses we need to slaughter them, but then she will also tell you that they don't slaughter the old sick and starved horses. They can't slaughter companion US horses because they have too much medications in them not fit for human consumption so we should raise horses to slaughter, which means she wants to breed breed breed. She also doesn't have the brains to know that all this will lower the value of horses and we are back to what to do with all the unwanted, sick, starved horses. This person is a proven idiot and she is the one that has proven it.

By the way.....here in North America....the "feral" horse has been in this country longer than any of our ancestors......unless you are of Native American decent. They came with the Spaniards. Daffy needs to go, before another horse is bred for slaughter....disgusting bitch.

Rodeo keeps tellin everyone to get a life yet you have been glued to this site responding to every post.....maybe Rodeo should get a life??? No matter where the horse was killed its a very disturbing picture, not one to be proud of.